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News briefsANWR Media promotes Tim Wiese to management board
Tim Wiese, in charge of the e-commerce activities of Sport 2000 GmbH (a subsidiary of ANWR Media GmbH), will be appointed to the management of ANWR Media by the ANWR Group’s executive board on Oct. 1. He will lead the company together with Michael Decker. “The relevance of online trade ...
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Tennis-Point hires Stefan Salzer as managing director
The German tennis and running equipment retailer Tennis-Point has hired Stefan Salzer as its new managing director. He will be working alongside company founder Christian Miele to lead the European growth of the company in existing markets and new business lines, focusing on strengthening stability and scalability in the company’s ...
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PGA Tour Superstore makes two changes at the top
There have been two executive changes at golf and tennis specialty retailer PGA Tour Superstore, as reported by our colleagues at the American edition of SGI. President and CEO Dick Sullivan has become executive chairman and CEO, and chief merchandising officer Jill Spiegel has become president. Sullivan has been working ...
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Gymshark will have a new CFO
U.K.-based activewear brand Gymshark has appointed Mat Dunn as its new chief financial officer. Most recently, Dunn served as Asos’ interim CEO, after the departure of Nick Beighton in late 2021. Also at Asos, Dunn previously served as chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Dunn stepped down from Asos ...
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Lululemon appoints new SVP for the EMEA region
Lululemon has named Sarah Clark as its new senior vice president for the EMEA region. She succeeds Gareth Pope, who has relocated to Hong Kong to lead the brand’s Asia-Pacific region. Most recently, Clark held the role of chief executive at ethical childrenswear brand Frugi. Prior to that, from July ...
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Peloton loses the next top executive
After its co-founders, Peloton Interactive also loses its CMO. Dara Treseder has left the company. She was the chief marketing officer of the interactive fitness platform for the last three years. Source: Autodesk On LinkedIn she wrote: „Today, on my birthday, I’m very excited to share ...
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Nike appoints two new members to its board of directors
Nike has appointed Mónica Gil and Bob Swan to the company’s board of directors. Gil is chief administrative and marketing officer of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, leading the company’s brand development, digital marketing and multichannel creative efforts. Swan is an operating partner at Andreessen Horowitz, which advises growth-stage portfolio companies, and ...
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Smith promotes Rob Retzlaff to global VP of sales
The U.S. goggle and helmets brand Smith has promoted its long-term employee Rob Retzlaff to global vice president of sales. Retzlaff has been with the company since 1999, holding such positions as Canadian marketing manager and national sales manager for Canada. In 2008, Retzlaff was promoted to ...
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Mike Ashley stepping down at Frasers
Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley is renouncing the directorship of Frasers Group and will not be standing for re-election. He will therefore be stepping down at the end of his term, which coincides with the annual general meeting of Oct. 19. Ashley will nevertheless retain a majority stake, of about ...
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JD Sports Fashion reaches deals with its former executive chairman
JD Sports Fashion says that it has come to an agreement with its former executive chairman, Peter Cogwill, whom it obliged to step down in May after an internal review of its management. The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had fined JD for the illicit disclosure of “commercially sensitive ...
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TNF appoints new CMO and chief product and merchandising officer
VF Corp. brand The North Face has added two women to its management team. Sophie Bambuck is joining the company as chief marketing officer and Jennifer Ingraffea as chief product and merchandising officer. Both managers have worked at Nike in leadership positions for years, just like TNF’s new president, Nicole ...
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Felix Münnich becomes the new chief commercial officer at Mammut
Münnich comes from one of the top players in the sporting goods business.
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Marcel Korner to become new CEO of TSG International
Source: TSG Marcel Korner Marcel Korner will become the new CEO of Zurich-based TSG International AG, a specialist in protective equipment for action sports originally founded by Titus Dittmann in Germany in 1988, effective Oct. 1, 2022. He succeeds Ruedi Herger, who, together with his partners, took ...
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Corinne Gensollen named new chair of Intersport International
Source: IIC Corinne Gensollen, Intersport International Corporation’s new chairwoman At its annual general meeting in Helsinki, the delegates of the national Intersport organizations voted for Intersport International Corporation’s (IIC) new board of management. Rick White was re-elected as an independent IIC board member from Canada. At the ...
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Peloton’s co-founders Foley and Kushi step down
Peloton Interactive announced that it has accepted the resignations of John Foley as executive chair and Hisao Kushi as chief legal officer, effective Sep. 12, 2022, and Oct. 3, 2022, respectively. Foley co-founded Peloton in 2012 and has built the company into a global interactive fitness platform. After previously serving ...
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Reebok names new CEO as Matt O’Toole moves to ABG
Source: Reebok Todd Krinsky Reebok has tapped Todd Krinsky, a 30-year company veteran and member of its senior leadership team for more than a decade, as its new CEO. He is replacing Matt O’Toole, president and CEO of Reebok, who is moving to executive vice chairman of ...
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Chairman of Pou Sheng resigns, successor already in place
The board of directors of Hong Kong-based company Pou Sheng International, the retail subsidiary of Yue Yuen Industrial, has announced that Lee Shao-Wu has resigned from all of his positions at the company, including those of chairman, executive director, chairman of the disclosure committee, authorized representative of the company and ...
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DPS Skis bolsters product and marketing teams with new hires
U.S.-based ski manufacturer DPS Skis announced the hiring of Stu Gleason as ski and process engineer and Zach Clayton as global marketing manager. These additions complement DPS Skis’ product and marketing departments as the company expands into global markets. Gleason brings nearly two decades of product development experience to the ...
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New Balance with new international marketing director
Romina Bongiovanni replaces Tim Malone, who left the company to join Crocs, as global director of international marketing at New Balance. She will report to Jeff McAdams, VP of global marketing, and join the company’s global leadership team. Most recently director of global comms and entertainment at New Balance, Bongiovanni ...
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D3O appoints SVP marketing, North America
Source: D3O via ShopEatSurf Kevin Franks D3O, a U.K.-based specialist provider of impact protection solutions and materials, has appointed Kevin Franks as SVP marketing, North America. Franks joins D3O with more than two decades of marketing and brand management experience in the cycling and powersports industry, including ...
